I don't often do this, but I just read a white paper by Benjamin Zores
on the relationship between Android and traditional embedded Linux, that
I thought was quite good.

It's a bit of a subtle advertisement for the Linux Foundation's training courses,
but whether you're interested in that or not, the paper makes some good
points, and I think does a good job of capturing the current pros and cons
of using Android vs. traditional embedded Linux in your product designs.

The paper is available at:
https://training.linuxfoundation.org/free-linux-training/download-training-materials/growth-of-android-in-embedded-systems

Related to this was a panel held at Android Builders Summit a few weeks ago.
This was reported on by Jake Edge in LWN.net at:
http://lwn.net/Articles/539099/

(Sorry if that last bit looks self-serving. I was on the panel, but if you're
interested in this topic, I think the discussion is useful.)

Enjoy.
-- Tim

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Chair, CE Workgroup of the Linux Foundation
Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Network Entertainment
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